Manual:Infantry Manual:Equipment:NonReg Equip

Canteen
A bottle designed for storing liquid sustenance used by hikers, campers, soldiers, and workers in the field. It is usually fitted with a means for fastening it to a belt and may be covered with a cloth bag and padding to pro-tect the bottle and insulate the contents. Many canteens also include a nested canteen cup. The cup is used primarily for field rations, as food service marines rarely bring place settings.

Compass
A solid-state magnetometer powered compass is a rare sight on the modern battlefield, but it still retains a faithful following amongst marines who routinely find themselves on uncharted planets and in communications blackouts. The readout for most compasses is a dial inside a capsule filled with a stabilized frictionless yet thick liquid, which will hold the needle steady and produce slow and deliberate movements. Key points on the compass, including the north end of the needle are often marked with self-luminous materials to enable the compass to be read at night or in poor light. As the compass fill liquid is non-compressible under pres-sure, many compasses will operate accurately underwater to considerable depths.